This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.
I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.
You cannot be serious!
Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.
There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.